Egg-slicer



M. GOLBY.

EGG SLICER, APPLICATION FILED JUNE ZIL I919- '1,,332,035 Patented Feb.24, 1920.

gluozmkoz Human MAY GOLBY, OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

EGG-SLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed June 20, 1919. Serial No. 305,634.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAY Goran, subject 01 the King of England. residingat 1 inchland, New Zealand, have invented new and useful improvements inEgg-Slicers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a culinary utensil for use intrying eggs and like, the device being of such a character that a fryingmay be raised by it from the skillet and the ragged edges of the whitetrimmed oil by the proper manipulation of a cutter carried by thedevice.

The further purpose of the invention is to provide a culinary utensilwhich is simple in construction, durable and effective in the work forwhich it is designed and ineXpensive to manufacture.

The invention is illustrated and described in a specific embodiment towhich, however, it is not to be restricted. The right is reserved tomake such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice maysug gest in so far as such changes or alterations are compatible inspirit with the annexed claims.

In the accompanying Figure 1 is a view in improved utensil.

Fig. 2 .is a top of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of a portion of the handle. wherein thereis mounted a device for operating the cutting element of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is shown as comprising aplate 1. This plate is preferably circular in shape and is provided withthe perforations 2, as well as with an arm portion 3. which extends in aradial direction from the plate, but is turned at an angle therewith.The arm portion 8 at its extremity carries a handle t so that the devicemay be used conveniently.

drawings: side elevation of the plan view of the structure A cutter ring5 is carried by the plate 1- and is attached to the arm portion of thelatter adjacent the point where the arm portion connects with the plate,the means of attachment being in the form of a fiat spring 6. which issecured both to the ring 5 and to the arm 3. The spring tends normallyto keep the ring 5 down against the plate 1, in which po ition the ringwould cut ofi the edges of the white of an eggs, were an egg upon theplate. The obiect of the invention is effected by raising this ringagainst the pressure of the spring while being inserted beneath the egg,thereafter being dropped upon the egg to out the white as beforedescribed. To provide for raising the ring so that an egg be scooped upby the plate 1, a resilient arm 7 is employed, one end of this arm beingpivotally connected to the ring as indicated at 8. The arm adjacent theother end is formed with a slot 9, opening on one edge, and this slotmay be engaged by a laterally movable pin 10 which. is passed into atrans versely disposed slot 11, formed in the arm 3. The pin is formedwith a head at both ends to secure it in the slot 11.

The pin 10 may be moved laterally to that end of the slot 11 nearest theedge of the armB. The ring 5 may then be raised to a position in whichit stands in a plane substantially vertical to the plane of the plate 1,this raising of the ring being effected by drawing back on the resilientarm 7, or by raising the ring by'hand. The resilient arm 7 is thuscaused to bear down against the top face of the arm 3 and, as the ring 5is raised, this arm is caused to ride up the handle until when the ringis in substantially vertical position slot 9 in the arm will be inregistration with the slot 11 in the ring when the pin 10 may be movedlaterally toward the inner end of the slot 11, in which position the pinwill also engage the slot the plate is the mug 9 and the arm 7 will beheld in the position to which it has been moved.

When the egg has been cooked it is raised from the skillet by insertingthe plate 1 under it, the ring 5 at this time being in the raisedposition. So soon as the egg is on the plate 1, the stud 11 is movedlaterally again in the opposite direction from that in which it waspreviously moved, this movement being eifected by grasping the two headsof the stud between the fingers. When the stud 10 reaches the outerextremity of its slot 11, the pin will be free of the slot 9 and the arm7 will therefore be released, when it and the spring 6 serve to throwthe ring down against the plate 1, the edge of the ring shearing off theedges of the white of the and leaving the latter round so that it preents a neat appearance when brought to the table.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A utensil of the kind described comprising a plate formed with meansby which it may be handled, a ring, means for mounting the ring on theplate so that it may swing down against the latter or into a po sitionsubstantially vertical with the latter, and means for holding the ringin substantially vertical position and releasing it to permit its beingthrown down against the plate for the useful purpose specified.

2. A utensil of the kind described, comprising a plate, a ring, a flatspring securing the ring to the plate and tending to force the ring downagainst the plate, and means for holding the ring in a substantiallyVertical position With reference to the plate, said means beingreleasable to permit the springs throwing the ring down against theplate for the useful purpose specified.

3. A utensil of the kind described, comprising a plate formed with anarm, a ring, a resilient element attaching the ring to the plate, aresilient arm having one end pivotally attached to the ring, the armconnecting it to the plate, having a transversely disposed elongatedslot formed therein, the resilient arm having a slot formed therein andopening at one edge, and a stud formed with a head at each end, the studpassing through the slot in the first said arm and, being engageable anddisengageable with the slot in the resilient specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature MAY GOLBY.

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